EP2203133A1 - Facet joint implant - Google Patents
Facet joint implantInfo
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Definitions
- the invention relates to a facet joint implant having two components which can be applied to the outer surface of a facet in the region of a facet contact surface and to a connecting means by which the two components are connected to each other through a channel in one facet or in two adjacent facets.
- the vertebral joints or facet joints often contribute to a large extent to the back pain. Due to degenerative changes and wear of the articular surfaces, there may be increased pressure on the nerve endings and thus the onset of pain.
- the increasing instability of the facet joint can lead by appropriate compensation mechanisms to hypertrophy of the facet joint with the result of spinal canal stenosis or a Foramenstenose. In this case, part of the lamina and the facet joint are often removed, and it is also common to fuse the segment to prevent instability.
- connection by means of rods or screws makes it difficult to insert the implant into the body and, moreover, these connecting means in the form of screws or rods are difficult to connect to the components, the mutual clamping of the components requires a large amount of space in the operating area and therefore leads to large access openings.
- the connecting means is designed as a flexible thread, which biases the two components against each other so that the components are pressed against the outer surface of the facet against which they rest.
- a flexible thread as a connecting means allows the introduction of the implant components and the connecting means by a very small access, and also the mutual clamping of the two components can be done in a simple manner by the thread connecting the two components through a channel in the facet or in pulled through the two facets and stretched. For this purpose, only a small space in the region of the implant components is necessary because the thread can be deflected and the tensile forces can then be applied in any direction.
- the thread can also have the form of a wire or a rope or the like, it is essential that it is a flexible, thread-like traction means. For example, a surgical suture could be used as the suture.
- At least one of the components is dimensioned so small that it can be pushed through the channel in the facet or facets.
- the push-through component is first inserted through the channel in the facet except for the opposite side of the facet and then arranged transversely to the channel, so that this component acts as a retaining element which bears against the outside of the facet.
- the thread then passes through the channel and can be tensioned so that the two components on opposite sides of the channel are pulled against the outer surfaces of the facet.
- the hin malsteckbare component is a narrow, elongate member whose length is greater than the diameter of the channel.
- the push-through component may have a substantially rectangular shape.
- the push-through component is bent such that it has a concave facet contact surface and a convex outer surface.
- this component with the facet contact surface lies flat against the outer side of the facet and also bears on the outside through the convex outer surface little opposite the facet.
- a tension member engages on an end side of the push-through component. This may be, for example, one or more threads or even a needle, which is optionally also connected with the interposition of a thread with the push-through component.
- This tension member can first be inserted through the channel in the facet, for example by means of a needle holder, and then the push-through component can be pulled over the tension member through the channel in the facet. This facilitates the introduction and the pushing through of the push-through component.
- the thread connecting the two components reciprocates repeatedly between the two components and is deflected displaceably at least on one component, so that a pulley arrangement is produced.
- high clamping forces can be generated with relatively low tensile forces on the thread, with which the two components of the facet joint implant are pressed against the outer surfaces of the respective facet.
- At least one of the components has at least two adjacent openings as a deflection for the thread.
- At least one of the components has a central opening for the thread or threads.
- At least one component carries a centering projection, which dips into the channel when the component lies against the facet.
- the component is secured against lateral displacement and guided into a precisely defined abutment position on the facet when it is clamped against the facet.
- the centering projection may be formed in a preferred embodiment as a sleeve surrounding an opening in the component through which the thread or threads are passed.
- the interior of the sleeve communicates with at least one thread channel extending radially away from the sleeve, in this way the thread can be guided outward in the plane of the facet joint surfaces.
- the component which can be applied on the inside of a facet is designed as a facet joint surface on its side opposite the facet contact surface.
- this component can replace a joint surface of the facet joint.
- Such an implant can be arranged only on one facet, so that only one articular surface of the facet is replaced, but it is also possible to arrange such implants on both facet joint belonging facets, so that then the internal components of the two articular surfaces of the facet joint replace and rest against each other.
- these components are then articulated to each other, in particular it can be provided that the facet joint surface of the inner component has a spherical depression or a crowned elevation for engaging a crowned depression or convex depression of a facet joint surface of a second facet joint implant of the same facet joint.
- the components of the implant can also abut on the outer sides of two facets, which abut each other on its inner side via a natural facet joint, in this case, the two facets are permanently clamped against each other by such an implant, so that a fusion of the facets in the joint area is made possible ,
- the component which can be applied on the outside of a facet is surrounded by a frame on which the component is supported and by which the contact surface of the component on the outside of the facet is enlarged.
- This frame can have very different shapes, it is only essential that the component is supported on it and that is increased by the frame, the contact surface on the facet.
- the frame may completely surround the component.
- the frame has a lateral opening through which the thread or threads can pass, which connect the two components together. In this way it is possible to insert the frame after insertion of the implant.
- the frame has a recess receiving the component, so that the frame and the component inserted into the recess form a component for supporting the implant on the outside of the facet whose outer contour is uniform.
- the component that can be applied on the inside of a facet can carry fixing projections on its facet contact surface, for example in the form of points, spikes or ribs; the ribs can preferably extend radially outward in the case of a disc-shaped component. These projections fix the component against displacement or rotation relative to the facet, as they penetrate slightly into the bone surface.
- the thread as a whole forms a loop in the region between the two components and that the ends of the thread are knotted by means of a clamping knot which is displaceable on one end of the thread.
- the thread can be tensioned in a manner known per se by displacing this knot on the end of the thread, for example by means of a knot pusher, as is also used in the production of a suture using a surgical suture.
- FIG. 1 shows a perspective view of two vertebral bones with a facet joint implant for replacing a facet joint surface
- Figure 2 is an enlarged detail view of the area A in Figure 1;
- FIG. 3 shows a perspective view of the facet joint implant of FIG. 2 with a joint surface component, a counterhold component and a thread that connects the two and leads them like a pulley;
- FIG. 4 shows a perspective view of the implant of FIG. 3 seen from the articular surface side
- FIG. 5 shows a perspective view of the facet contact surface of a joint surface component with projections on the facet contact surface
- FIG. 6 is a view similar to FIG. 2 of an implant for replacement of both articular surfaces of a facet joint;
- Figure 7 is a perspective view of the two implants of Figure 6 before their mutual contact
- FIG. 8 shows a view similar to FIG. 3 in a modified embodiment with a needle-shaped tension member on the anvil component
- FIG. 9 shows a view of a facet joint implant according to FIG. 3 with a frame surrounding the anvil component
- FIG. 10 shows a view similar to FIG. 9 with a frame displaced relative to the counterholder component
- FIG. 11 a view similar to FIG. 2 with a facet joint implant that is two facets exciting against each other.
- FIG. 1 shows two vertebrae 1, 2 arranged next to one another. Both vertebral bodies each carry two upper and two lower bony protrusions, which are referred to as facets 3, 4.
- facets 3, 4 In each case, a lower facet 3 of an upper vertebral body 1 and an upper facet 4 of a lower vertebral body 2 abut each other and form a facet joint 5 in the contact region.
- both facets 3, 4 bear joint surfaces which are almost flat and have only a slight curvature and which are each normally covered with a cartilaginous layer so that in the area of the facet joint 5 the cartilaginous layers of the joint surfaces lie flat against one another.
- the articular surface of an upper facet 4 of a lower vertebral body 2 is replaced by a facet joint implant 6 which comprises two components I 1 8 interconnected by means of a thread 9.
- the first component 7 is arranged on the inside of the facet 4 and replaces the natural facet joint surface on this inner side of the facet 4.
- the component 7 has the shape of a disc with a circular cross section, which faces the facet contact surface facing the facet 4 in the region of FIG natural facet joint surface this overlapping the facet 4 is applied and the facet contact surface 10 opposite outer surface is formed as a facet joint surface 11.
- This facet joint surface 11 may, for example, have a slightly convex depression, so that the natural joint surface of the opposite facet 3 or a similar facet joint surface 11 of an identically constructed facet joint implant on the other facet 3, in which the joint surface is formed crowned in a complementary manner, planar the articular surface is applied and in this way a partially or completely replaced facet joint is formed.
- only one facet joint surface is in each case In the embodiment of FIGS.
- each of the two facets adjoining each facet joint carries such a facet joint implant, these being identical except for the curvature of the facet joint surfaces 11, the two joint surfaces being curved complementary to one another , so that they fit into each other surface, as is clear from the illustration of Figure 7.
- the component 7 On the facet contact surface 10, the component 7 carries a central, with its longitudinal axis perpendicular to the disc-shaped component 7 stationary sleeve 12, the interior 13 is closed by the disc-shaped component 7 on one side, while the opposite side is open.
- two adjacent apertures 15 and 16 are arranged, also occur at the closed end of the sleeve 12 two adjacent, radially extending thread channels 17, 18 in this, which are relatively short in the embodiment of Figure 3 so that they end at a distance within the edge of the disk-shaped component 7, in the embodiment of Figure 5, however, end these thread channels 17, 18 at the outer edge of the disk-shaped component 7th
- Fixing projections may also be provided on the facet contact surface 10, for example in the form of points or spikes 19 or in the form of a rib 20, which in the embodiment of FIG. 5 above the two thread channels 17, 18 parallel to them between the sleeve 12 and the outer edge of the disc-shaped component 7 extends.
- Such fixing projections may also be provided on the other components of the facet joint and on the other embodiments of these components.
- the second component 8 of the facet joint implant 6 has the shape of an elongated rectangle or cuboid, which is bent in the longitudinal direction, so that a concave, inner facet abutment surface 21 and a convex outer surface 22 arise.
- the curvature of the two components 8 is chosen so that the facet contact surface 21 abuts flat on a facet when it rests on the outside, i. it corresponds to the curvature of a facet in the investment area.
- the second, cuboid component 8 carries side by side four through openings 23, 24, 25, 26, through which the thread 9 is passed.
- this thread 9 enters for connecting the two components 7, 8 through a thread channel 17 in the interior 13 of the sleeve 12 and is then passed in the opposite direction through two adjacent openings 23, 24 of the second component 8.
- the thread 9 is deflected at this second component 8 and lies between the two openings 23, 24 on the outer surface 22 of the second component 8.
- the thread 9 passes through the interior 13 of the sleeve 12 from the inside out through the opening 15 therethrough and then through the adjacent opening 16 back into the interior 13 of the sleeve 12, in the course of the thread passes through again opposite the two openings 25 and 26 of the second component 8 and finally passes from the opening 26 through the interior 13 of the sleeve 12 and the second thread channel 18 again outward.
- the thread 9 thus forms two adjacent loops. If one pulls on the ends 27, 28 of the thread 9, this leads to the fact that the thread 9 spans and pulls the two components 7, 8 in the manner of a pulley against each other.
- the facet joint capsule is opened and the facet joint surface is prepared, for example with a rasp. It is also possible to completely remove the cartilage layer of the facet joints for accelerated fusion.
- the drilling channel may be treated with growth factors, e.g. BMP (bone morphogenic proteins).
- BMP bone morphogenic proteins
- the first component 7 is introduced into the intermediate space between the two facets 3, 4, so that the sleeve 12 enters the channel 29.
- the sleeve 12 thus acts as a centering projection, which defines and fixes the position of the first component 8 by immersion in the channel 29.
- the second component 8 is tilted through the channel 29 and arranged in such a way that it covers the outlet of the channel 29 and that it bears against the outside of the facet 4 with its facet contact surface 21.
- the thread 9 is now tensioned.
- both facets 3, 4 are to be permanently connected firmly, ie if a fusion of the two facets is desired, then both facets are pierced with a corresponding channel 29, with the channels aligned with one another, and then a similar facet joint implant is produced 6, but unlike the facet joint implant described so far, has two components, both The components of the implant are the same as the second component 8 of the facet joint implant of FIGS. 1 to 4. Thus, a component which is disc-shaped and replaces a joint surface is missing in this implant. Both components are like the external component 8 of the exemplary embodiment of FIGS 1 to 4 are formed as pure holding elements, which act on the outside of the facets and then press the two facets permanently against one another during the tensioning of the thread, as shown in FIG.
- the insertion of the elongated, rectangular, outer component 8 can be facilitated by the fact that a thread 30 and a preferably curved needle 31 are arranged on this end face, as shown in FIG.
- the needle 31 is pulled from the Facetteng elenkseite forth through the channel 29, the thread 31 connected to the needle 30 then pulls the elongated component 8 behind her through the channel 29, so that the operator has no difficulty to introduce the component 8 on the joint side in the channel 29.
- the cross-sectional area of the outer second component 8 is normally chosen to be relatively small so that this outer component 8 can be inserted through the channel 29 of the facet. This may result in relatively small pressure surfaces on the outside of the facet.
- a frame 32 may be provided which surrounds the component 8 and thereby increases its contact surface on the facet.
- This frame 32 may, for example, as shown in Figure 9, outer legs 33, 34, 35, 36 which surround a recess 37, which in turn forms a receiving space for the outer second component 8. Laterally, this depression 37 can rich of a leg 36 form a gap 38 through which the thread 9 can be passed when the component 8 is inserted from above into the recess 37.
- these frames on the outside of the facet can be laterally pushed against the thread 9 and the outer component 8 such that insertion of the component 8 in FIG the recess 37 is possible and that this completely fills this depression after insertion, as shown in Figure 9.
- the frame 32 is then pulled with the outer component 8 received therein against the outside of the facet 4, and thereby the contact surface on the outside of the facet is increased compared to the relatively small contact surface of the outer component 8 alone.
- the frame 32 can also have other shapes, for example the shape of a slightly larger plate.
- the frame 32 can also serve as a defect replenishment.
- the frame is preferably formed according to the shape of the defect and inserted therein, so that the missing bone material of the facet is replaced by the frame.
- the frame can in this case, for example, stabilize the facet joint to bending loads.
- the frame consists of a bone-compatible material, for example a metal, a coated metal or a polymer or even a porous metal structure, in which the Bone can grow.
- the frame takes on a double function once as a defect replenishment and on the other hand as an abutment for the thread 9 for mutual clamping of the two components 7, 8 of the facet joint. 6
- the components can be made of metal, ceramic or polymers, for example of polyetheretherketone (PEEK), of polyethylene (PE) or of carbon fiber reinforced polyetheretherketone (CFR PEEK).
- PEEK polyetheretherketone
- PE polyethylene
- CFR PEEK carbon fiber reinforced polyetheretherketone
- the polymers may have an osteoconductive coating of metal or ceramic to promote bonding to the adjacent bone material.
- Metal / polymer e.g. CoCroMo / Ultra High Molecular Weight Polyethylene (UHMWPE)
- Polymer / polymer e.g. CFR PEEK / CFR PEEK
- Ceramic / ceramic e.g. Titanium ceramic coated / titanium ceramic coated
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